Uhuru and Wamalwa in merger plan

• It has emerged that the two have silently agreed on a joint ticket in next year’s presidential poll.
• Sources said Mr Wamalwa had agreed to be Mr Kenyatta’s running mate and this is expected to be announced during late Vice-President Kijana Wamalwa’s memorial on Thursday.
• According to various sources, the two will be in an alliance to be called Coalition for Progress, which will bring together other parties including PNU, GNU, APK and POA.

The National Alliance party leader Uhuru Kenyatta and New Ford-Kenya’s Eugene Wamalwa are preparing to announce a merger this week.

This comes as it emerged that the two have silently agreed on a joint ticket in next year’s presidential poll.

Mr Wamalwa at the weekend alluded to the merger when he said he would go for a joint nomination with Mr Kenyatta. (READ: I am not bowing out: Wamalwa)

“If my brother Uhuru wins the presidential nomination ticket, I will back him and I know he will support me should I win,” he said in Thika.  

However, he did not reveal whether there were merger plans between the two parties.

To be running mate

Sources said Mr Wamalwa had agreed to be Mr Kenyatta’s running mate and this is expected to be announced during late Vice-President Kijana Wamalwa’s memorial on Thursday.

Presently, Mr Wamalwa has been given the task of representing Mr Kenyatta, who is out of the country, at TNA’s functions.

“The deal between them is already done and it will just be a matter of days before they make the formal announcement,” a close associate of the two, who did not wish to be named for fear of victimisation, told the Nation at the weekend.

According to various sources, the two will be in an alliance to be called Coalition for Progress, which will bring together other parties including PNU, GNU, APK and POA.